France in Focus

With all the talk of Covid and hospitals, etc. over the last couple of years I haven't yet found an answer to this question. What is the actual treatment that Covid patients are getting in hospital? I understand that the worst cases are on ventilators but what is happening to people who are not so seriously ill?

I'd like to know just how many folk are going into hospital for a totally different reason and ending up with Covid whilst there - scary.

I heard mention of just that situation on the radio a couple of weeks ago. And the person in question died.

There area range of medications available but they seem to fall into 2 categories:
1. Cortisone based materials - eg Dexamethasone
2. Antiviral medications - only recently approved (not sure if the EU has yet approved) - such as Sotrovimab and Molnupiravir.

In addition I would think almost all will be on a supplemented oxygen supply if there are any breathing difficulties.

Which would be given will depend on a umber of factors so there is not a single and simple answer.

Some people going into hospital may catch the virus there. Others may inadvertently bring it with them. What is clear is that anyone who is already ill enough to be in hospital will be especially vulnerable to a dose of covid on top.

I've had a sore throat followed by snotty nose followed by cough.
It started about 4 days ago & is pretty much gone today which is about the same timescale & symptoms whenever I've had a cold in the past. I've no other symptoms & feel fine.
I'm triple jabbed & other than boules last wednesday I haven't met anyone except my missus.
I can't believe it's covid related but to be on the safe side my missus has just returned with some anti gen test kits so us'll see.

Even if you had it, it may well show negative now after 4 days of symptoms. LFT checks for infectious virus and you could well be beyond that stage.

And apparently, 20% of negative tests are false negatives - Covid does not always hit the nasopharyngeal region, especially the omicron variant which can hit the lower back first (as I maintain mine did).

Anyway, I am now booked for a couple of day trips to Cambridge for the various tests required by France and Switzerland - which will bring me up to about seven tests in two weeks.

Hotrodder wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 4:59 pm With all the talk of Covid and hospitals, etc. over the last couple of years I haven't yet found an answer to this question. What is the actual treatment that Covid patients are getting in hospital? I understand that the worst cases are on ventilators but what is happening to people who are not so seriously ill?

I can't answer the question about treatment in hospitals, but isn't there a pill treatment being trialed now, for those with Covid but not ill enough to need hospitalisation. Maybe Pathca has more knowledge of this?

Sparkle wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:01 pm I'd like to know just how many folk are going into hospital for a totally different reason and ending up with Covid whilst there - scary.

A lot of the issues we’ve had with people getting Covid in hospital have been from the patients who gather together chatting,smoking and mask less,or from when they first arrive at A&E

Bayleaf wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:26 am I can't answer the question about treatment in hospitals, but isn't there a pill treatment being trialed now, for those with Covid but not ill enough to need hospitalisation. Maybe Pathca has more knowledge of this?

Pfizer's Paxlovid and Merck's Molnupiravir to name two - but both can have interactions with other medications and conditions it seems so neither is perfect.